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The Bobcat junior varsity volleyball team finished second, Saturday, in the Summerland JV Invite. Team members include (front row, l-r): Karley Dawkins, Belle Anson, Kaylee Thiele, Kenzie Sanne; (back row, l-r): Taelyn Nilson Jadyn Hobbs, Charlee Wagner, Abryelle Kester and Abbey Chipps....
The Bobcat fall sports teams begin the 2024 campaign Thursday, Aug. 29. At 10 a.m., the junior and senior high cross country teams will compete in the Burwell Invite at Calamus Golf Club. Bobcat volleyball teams travel to Atkinson for a triangular. Junior varsity and varsity teams will compete. At 6 p.m., Summerland will face Elkhorn Valley. West Holt will face off with the Bobcats at 7 p.m. On Friday, Aug. 30, the Bobcat football teams will battle Newman Grove/St. Ed in Newman Grove. Kickoff...
A dozen Summerland art students brought home approximately 35 awards from the Niobrara Valley Conference art show, held in Bassett, April 26. Caydence Schumacher received three judge's merit awards for Marilyn Monroe, Avator and a bird watercolor. Three pieces received first place, including a colored flower, a clay gnome and a rose painting. A drawing of Freddie Mercury placed second, as did an ink drawing of a skull. A heart drawing received honorable mention. Two pieces - an ink collage and a clay cookie, were each given a commendable...
The Nebraska School Activities Association and the Nebraska State College System have announced the 15,970 recipients of the 2023-2024 Nebraska State Colleges Multi-Activity Student Award. The award recognizes students in grades 9-12 who participate in at least three NSAA-sanctioned activities during the academic year. Each high school student who participates in at least three NSAA activities will be recognized and awarded a certificate of achievement by the NSAA and the Nebraska State Colleges. Activity participation will be tracked using...
Carlee Livingston will represent the Summerland speech team at the 2024 NSAA Class C2 State Speech Championships, Thursday, March 21, at Kearney High School. Livingston advances after a third-place finish in persuasive speaking at Monday's Class C2-3 district meet in Hartington. Six other speech students qualified for finals. Alanna Doll finished fifth in informative speaking. Brandon Pruden placed fifth in oral interpretation of humorous prose. In oral interpretation of drama, Addisyn...
Seven members of the Bobcat speech team competed Saturday at the West Holt Invitational. Summerland’s lone varsity medal winner was Yuliana Olivan who came in second in entertainment speaking. Also competing at the varsity level were oral interpretation of drama team members Brandon Pruden, Owen Jeffords, Olivan and Addisyn Fletcher, who came in one place out of the medal round. Pruden also competed in humorous prose. Carlee Livingston competed in persuasive speaking, while Raina Krebs competed in entertainment speaking. The team was eighth o...
Six members of the Summerland speech team competed at Hartington on Saturday. Award winners in varsity competition in the Honors Division included Carlee Livingston, fourth persuasive speaking and Yuliana Olivan, Addisyn Fletcher, Owen Jefford and Brandon Pruden, fourth, oral interpretation of drama. In the junior varsity division, Fletcher finished fourth in oral interpretation of poetry finals. Jadyn Hobbs received fourth place in informative public speaking. Also competing were Olivan in entertainment speaking; Pruden, oral interpretation...
The Summerland Bobcats hosted their home speech meet on Saturday with seven schools in attendance. West Holt and Stuart took championship and runner-up honors, respectively, with Neligh coming in third and Summerland fourth. Also competing were Stanton, Wheeler Central, and Boyd County. Individual varsity medal winners from Summerland were Yuliana Olivan, second, entertainment speaking; Brandon Pruden, Addisyn Fletcher, Yuliana Olivan and Owen Jeffords, second, oral interpretation of drama; Alanna Doll, fourth, informative; Pruden, fourth,...
The Bobcat girls' wrestling team got off to a hot start, Thursday, as they claimed the top spot at the Summerland triangular. The Bobcats controlled Wisner-Pilger, winning the first dual 66-6 and defeated Wayne, 54-30, in the nightcap. In the opening dual, the Bobcats earned two wins. Savannah Gallagher pinned Bella Thacker, in one minute in a match in the 120-pound division. Abbey Chipps, competing in the 130-pound class, earned a win by pin, in 1:53, over Jocelyn Russman. Wrestlers earning...
Summerland girls' wrestling team brought home its first-ever championship trophy, Monday, Dec. 4. They scored 134 points to claim the title at the West Holt Girls Invitational. The host team finished second, with 117, in the 13-team event. The Bobcats finished with 10 medal winners, including two first-place finishes from Ava Cleveland and Raina Krebs. Cleveland drew a first-round bye in the 110 class and in round two, pinned Mollie Corkle, O'Neill, in 1:16. She picked up another pin in round...
Summerland School's one-act production participated in the Gator Play Production Festival, Nov. 2, in Wisner. Two Summerland actors received the Ellen Philbin Memorial awards. Brandon Pruden was named overall top actor and Julie Olivan, outstanding supporting actor. Seven Summerland students received outstanding performance recognition, including Alanna Doll, Talya Nilson, Olivan, Jadyn Hobbs, Owen Jeffords, Raina Krebs and Pruden....
Funeral services for Nick Hobbs, 47, of Ewing will be at 10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, at the Ewing United Methodist Presbyterian Church in Ewing, with burial to follow in the Ewing City Cemetery. Pastor Janene Reynolds will officiate. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m., on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, at Biglin's Mortuary in O'Neill. Nick died unexpectedly on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023 at his home in Ewing. Memorials may be directed to his family for future designation. Arrangements are e...
Summerland music students traveled to Ainsworth, Friday, for the district music contest. Of the 13 solo or group entries, performers earned ones, or superior ratings, in a dozen of the events. High school music instructor Emily Heithoff announced the band and choir each earned a superior rating. Adrienne Parker, Lenora Kester and Emma Petersson all received a one for vocal solos. Parker and Kester presented a duet and received a one. Jadyn Hobbs joined Parker for a duet and earned a one....
The Nebraska School Activities Association and the Nebraska State College System recently announced the 16,149 recipients of the 2022-2023 Nebraska State Colleges Multi-Activity Student Award. The award recognizes students in grades 9-12 who participate in at least three NSAA-sanctioned activities during the academic year. Each high school student who participates in at least three NSAA activities will be recognized and awarded a certificate of achievement by the NSAA and the Nebraska state colleges. Activity participation will be tracked using...
Faith King is no stranger to the award stage at Fonner Park in Grand Island. The Summerland SkillsUSA Chapter president landed there again Saturday, for the fourth time, when she was named winner in job skills demonstration A at the 2023 Nebraska SkillsUSA Convention. King, along with Carlee Livingston and Julie Olivan, struck gold in their respective categories. They will represent Nebraska, June 19 to 23, at the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference, in Atlanta, Georgia....
SUBMITTED ARTICLE The 2023 Orchard AAU Powerlifting Meet was held Saturday, April 1 at the community center. "An awesome lineup of 160 registered lifters from across the Midwest competed," said organizer Jeff Shabram. "This year's meet was the largest sanctioned AAU meet ever in Nebraska, so three lifting platforms were required to accommodate the extremely large crowd in the Orchard gym. It was the 16th year for the Orchard meet." Twelve Summerland powerlifters competed Saturday. "These 12 lift...
Summerland's Raina Krebs sat at the top of the 235-pound class bracket during the A2 district wrestling championships, last weekend in Madison. When competition ended Saturday, Krebs remained on top and brought home the gold medal, earning a trip to Omaha's CHI Event Center, Feb. 16 - 18. Krebs defeated Eva Beckman, Logan View, by fall in 3:21 in the quarterfinal and escaped the semifinal match with a 1-0 win over Battle Creek's Alexis Anderson. In the championship match, Krebs stayed focused...
Six Summerland students will play in the 2023 Class C All-State Band, in Kearney, on March 18. Musicians selected include (front row, l-r): Amor Zermeno, junior, clarinet; Jadyn Hobbs, freshman, flute; (back row, l-r): Adrienne Parker, senior, trumpet; Lenora Kester, sophomore, flute; Aubrey Parker, sophomore, flute; and Raina Krebs, sophomore, trombone. This is the second time Krebs has been selected....
Ranked wrestlers from across the state converged on Central Community College in Columbus, Thursday, for the Norm Manstedt Invite. Raina Krebs topped the field in the 235-pound class. She pinned Belle Brodersen, BOCE, in 3:11 and in the quarterfinal, went nearly three rounds before pinning Claire Hemberger, of Adams Central, in 5:33. Krebs competed against Precious DeCora, of Winnebago, in the semifinal and won, by fall, in 4:29. In the championship match, Krebs pinned Brythany Espino, of Grand...
Six Bobcat wrestlers finished in the top five of their divisions at the Dec. 19 Summerland Lady Bobcat Invite. Led by Lenora Kester, who claimed first in the 110-pound class, the Bobcats finished seventh overall, with 48 points. South Sioux City's squad scored 158.5 points to claim the team trophy, while Winnebago finished in the runner-up spot, scoring 78 points. Kester opened with a win by fall, over Shantell Mikkelson, of Madison, in 5:20. In round two, Kester won a 10-9 decision over...
Raina Krebs brought home a second-place medal, Saturday, from the Battle at the Point girls' wrestling invitational, held in West Point. Summerland finished 19th in the 30-team field, scoring 36 points. South Sioux City topped the field, with 192 points and Grand Island, Pierce, Crofton-Bloomfield and Omaha North rounded out the top five. Krebs opened competition in the 235-pound division by pinning Alexis Anderson, Battle Creek, in :34. In the quarter final, Krebs battled Allee Jo Inzauro, of...
Fitting in, finding acceptance and making critical choices - as told by a group of misfits struggling with the consequences of bullying - is the message of Summerland's 2022 play production, "Freak." Monique, played by senior Brynna Umphress, describes a scene she faces each day at 10:43 in "the scariest place on earth," the school hallway. The constant torment wears on her psyche. The character says, "I know I should just suck it up and ignore it. Just pretend ... What did I do? What makes me...
Summerland's Raina Krebs finished the O'Neill Invite undefeated. Krebs earned the gold medal in the 235-pound division, Saturday, Dec. 3. Her journey to the medal stand began with a bye, followed by a win, by fall, over Fillmore Central's Gracie Lemke. In the semifinal, Krebs pinned Wood River's Nevaeh Bryant, in 3:52. The win pitted Krebs against Quinlyn Kennel, of Norfolk Catholic. Krebs won a 4-0 decision. (Photos from Saturday's wrestling invite are available at https://s...
Summerland’s wrestling teams started the 2022-23 season at the Wisner-Pilger triangular. The girls’ team finished 1-1. In the first dual, the Lady Cats defeated W-P, 36-18, with Amor Zermeno, Lenora Kester, Ashley Melcher, Jadyn Hobbs, Emma Petersson and Raina Krebs winning matches by forfeit. Wayne squeaked past the Bobcats, 36-30. Summerland won matches in two classes. Lenora Kester pinned Macy Wilson, in :07, in the 115-pound division. Kester’s win set the school’s fastest pin record....
